Focus session (virtual)

Registration and login

Practical information

Welcome and project update

• Dimitri Pattyn, Deputy Director General, ECB

Ready to connect?

Connectivity tests to the Eurosystem Single Market Infrastructure Gateway (ESMIG) have started. What help can you get from the TARGET Service Connectivity Guide? What will directly connected participants need?

• Jean Clement, Adviser, ECB

Market readiness

The ECB conducts regular market readiness surveys. How prepared is the market now? Where is special attention needed?

• Maria Teresa Arráez González, Deputy Head of Market Infrastructure Support Division, ECB

Full implementation of ISO 20022

How is the industry migration to ISO 20022 messages progressing? How will SWIFT’s transaction management platform support the conversion of ISO 20022 messages to multi-format MT/MX messages for correspondent banks until they have migrated to ISO 20022? What will this mean for the T2/T2S consolidation project?

• Marek Kozok, Principal Market Infrastructure Expert, ECB

Preparing for user testing

What is the current status and what has been delivered since the last Focus Session in June? What do you need to know to fill in the registration form and start user testing?

• Robert Bashford, Principal Market Infrastructure Expert, ECB

Closing remarks

• Dimitri Pattyn, Deputy Director General, ECB